A Polynesian, a Jew, and a Hindu Walk into Jerusalem
On Mendelssohn’s Religious Universalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20409162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Fogel (0000-0002-2717-2449, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-183 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-699X • E-ISSN: 1477-285X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1477285x-12341308 |
| OpenAlex | W3176918602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In his Jerusalem , Moses Mendelssohn describes a Polynesian visitor to Dessau before traveling to India by way of ancient Jerusalem. In two pages, Mendelssohn has crossed the world, doing so to argue that in spite of their cultural differences, most human beings ultimately share basic salvific religious truths. This paper explores the religious universalism reflected in this striking passage, analyzes Mendelssohn’s cultural sensitivity and pluralism, and offers a characterization of the particularities of Mendelssohn’s Jewish universalism as well as concluding thoughts on the varieties of universalism more generally
Epistemology · Ethnology · Hinduism · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Universalism · Visitor pattern · Anthropology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |